Sap: Birch
Scratch Brewing Company
- From:
- Scratch Brewing Company
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- Fruit and Field Beer
- ABV:
- 7.4%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.77 | pDev: 7.16%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Dec 12, 2018
- Added:
- Aug 27, 2018
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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During the winter, we tap birch trees (each at different times) and collect the dripping sap, which is different from syrup in that it is like water, but lightly sweet and filled with minerals. The sap is not nearly as sweet as syrup and sap requires a very long boiling process in order to create syrup. By replacing our brewing water with this sap, the essence of the tree pervades into the final beer, with a crisp, mineral finish. Due to this mineral quality, we generally aim to create beers with a darker malt profile, as the grains work in tandem with the sap and beers lighter in color do not withstand the minerals nearly as well.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by dannycohen62 from Illinois
4.03/5 rDev +6.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.03/5 rDev +6.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
L - hazy dark amber, frothy eggshell white head
S - woody, faintly sour, nutty, a hint of acetone but nothing offensive
T - mildly bitter, mineral water, toffee, chestnut
F - fairly dry, low carb, short finish
O - unique beer from Scratch, hard to classify. Reminds me of an English mild, but a touch more alcoholic. Everything in this beer is delicate and well balanced.
Dec 12, 2018S - woody, faintly sour, nutty, a hint of acetone but nothing offensive
T - mildly bitter, mineral water, toffee, chestnut
F - fairly dry, low carb, short finish
O - unique beer from Scratch, hard to classify. Reminds me of an English mild, but a touch more alcoholic. Everything in this beer is delicate and well balanced.
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